Police in Jincheng, Shanxi Province cracked an illegal hunting case. What law did the suspect break in China?

The police in Jincheng, Shanxi Province detected an illegal hunting case, and the suspect violated the crime of illegal hunting in China's Wildlife Protection Law.

One: The suspect committed the crime of illegal hunting. Shanxi Jincheng Lingchuan Public Security Bureau received a report that a leopard trapped by hunting tools was found in Fenshui Village, Gujiao Township, lingchuan county, and its right front leg was injured. After receiving the report, the local police quickly detected an illegal hunting case and successfully rescued the injured leopard halfway up the mountain. Later, after identification by wildlife experts, this animal is a national first-class protected animal, leopard, about 3 to 4 years old. At present, it has been arranged for rescue treatment in Shanxi Wildlife Rescue Center. The criminal suspect Qin Moshan's act of hunting the leopard, a national first-class protected animal, has violated the provisions of Article 8 of the Wildlife Protection Law, which clearly stipulates? The state protects wild animals and their living environment, and prohibits any unit or individual from illegally hunting or destroying wild animals. ? At present, Qin Moshan has been taken compulsory measures according to law, and the case is under further investigation.

Two. Relevant provisions on the crime of illegal hunting in the Law on the Protection of Wild Animals In order to protect wild animals, save rare and endangered wild animals and maintain biodiversity and ecological balance, the Fourth Session of the Seventh the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) revised and promulgated the Law on the Protection of Wild Animals in People's Republic of China (PRC). Article 8 of the Wildlife Protection Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that no unit or individual may illegally hunt or destroy wild animals and their living environment. The object of the crime of illegal hunting generally refers to the precious and endangered wild animals under special state protection, or the terrestrial wild animals beneficial to scientific research value. Article 2 1 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Wildlife Protection Law stipulates? It is forbidden to use military weapons, poisons and explosives for hunting. ? Anyone who illegally hunts and hunts wild animals by the above methods, and illegally buys and sells rare and endangered wild animals and their products, all violate the Wildlife Protection Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Once found, individuals will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or fines. Those who violate the law in the form of units shall be punished according to the above provisions.

Three: the significance of protecting wild animals Wild animals are the products of nature and a link in the food chain. Large-scale destruction of wild animals will cause a series of chain reactions, such as destruction of the ecological environment, and the food chain in nature cannot be maintained. Once the ecological environment is destroyed, the living environment of human beings is also in jeopardy. Therefore, protecting wild animals means protecting human beings, protecting wild animals and realizing the harmony between man and nature.